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Old 27 February 2011, 03:36 PM
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what cracking weather
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Old 27 February 2011, 03:49 PM
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i take it your not in birmingham then
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Old 27 February 2011, 04:56 PM
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the weatherman lied he said it was gonna be a nice weekend lol oh well apparantly next week is supposed to be nice
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Old 27 February 2011, 04:57 PM
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its ****e aint it
I was planning to give the cars a wash today
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Old 27 February 2011, 04:59 PM
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im glad its cloudy cuz if it was gorgeous outside i would be pissed off that i couldnt give the car a clean lol
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Old 27 February 2011, 05:05 PM
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you and me both, but i was just planning on doing the inside.
if next weekend is good, i will be testing out my new cleaning materials.
craigbaby, at least you will have it back fixed and then you can spend every weekend cleaning it like the rest of us.
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Old 27 February 2011, 05:10 PM
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oohh what you brought jon?? yer i cant wait mate im getting withdrawals as i spend more time cleaning my car than actually driving it my neighbours think im crazy i remember when i had my focus st i was cleaning it and it was that cold the water was freezing on the car whilst i was washing it lol
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Old 27 February 2011, 05:26 PM
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evening all just to let everyone no that my baby let go into a cloud of smoke on m6 on way to lakes likes like a steve austin job i will rebuild her and better
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Old 27 February 2011, 05:28 PM
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oh no not good mate what happeend
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Old 27 February 2011, 05:53 PM
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going to fast you no how it is on a clear road
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Old 27 February 2011, 06:45 PM
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bad times mate hope u get it sorted soon
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Old 27 February 2011, 07:14 PM
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polishing pads, swirl removers, polishs, waxes, cleaners. just waiting on the werskat polishing kit to come back in stock so i will just use my turtle ice and collonite for now.
this is gonna take all day to clean but boy it will be worth it.
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Old 27 February 2011, 08:43 PM
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Sounds good matey I'm tempted to buy a swirl remover but I couldn't see it working without a machine polisher u will have to let me know what they are like I mainly use poorboys products as they leave no dust and the wax smells Like bubblegum lol
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Old 27 February 2011, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by 0121subs
evening all just to let everyone no that my baby let go into a cloud of smoke on m6 on way to lakes likes like a steve austin job i will rebuild her and better
Just a bit quick!!
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Old 27 February 2011, 10:16 PM
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evening all, got stopped to nite by the police for a vosa check not bad result tho the car is in good shape. but they have give me 10days to sort out the problems and get it motd.
1.steering gators both split.
2. my back box is split in to 2 pieces.
could some body please tell me where i can get a cheap backbox from as just spent a fortune sorting the nursery out ready for the new baby in june. thanks
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Old 27 February 2011, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by tooly80
evening all, got stopped to nite by the police for a vosa check not bad result tho the car is in good shape. but they have give me 10days to sort out the problems and get it motd.
1.steering gators both split.
2. my back box is split in to 2 pieces.
could some body please tell me where i can get a cheap backbox from as just spent a fortune sorting the nursery out ready for the new baby in june. thanks
someone i know was selling a stainless back box the other day ,not sure how loud it is but was asking 50 quid and looked well worth it if your interested
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Old 27 February 2011, 11:06 PM
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do you know wot size it is mate.
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Old 27 February 2011, 11:11 PM
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all i know is it bolts straight up to 2.5inch standard system ,outlet was pretty beefy,round 4" maybe i think.
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Old 28 February 2011, 12:21 AM
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Ive got a standard back box of an STI if you need one . You can have that for £40
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Old 28 February 2011, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by 0121subs
evening all just to let everyone no that my baby let go into a cloud of smoke on m6 on way to lakes likes like a steve austin job i will rebuild her and better
Sorry to hear about that, all the best with the re-build but try not to spend $6million dollars....
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Old 28 February 2011, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by tooly80
evening all, got stopped to nite by the police for a vosa check not bad result tho the car is in good shape. but they have give me 10days to sort out the problems and get it motd.
1.steering gators both split.
2. my back box is split in to 2 pieces.
could some body please tell me where i can get a cheap backbox from as just spent a fortune sorting the nursery out ready for the new baby in june. thanks
WTF, where was that?
were they decat friendly?
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Old 28 February 2011, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by 0121subs
evening all just to let everyone no that my baby let go into a cloud of smoke on m6 on way to lakes likes like a steve austin job i will rebuild her and better

Try to keep smiling bud

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Old 28 February 2011, 01:46 PM
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Just ordered myself a strut brace from ScoobyParts because I'm a tart
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Old 28 February 2011, 03:51 PM
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WTF, where was that?
were they decat friendly?

ye they werent to bad, they were all round cannock, probly be for the next couple of weeks.
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Old 28 February 2011, 03:56 PM
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note to self, avoid Cannock
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note to self, avoid Cannock
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gutted my car is fixed but the garage is only open till half 5 and i cant leave redditch till 5
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Old 28 February 2011, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by imprezajon
polishing pads, swirl removers, polishs, waxes, cleaners. just waiting on the werskat polishing kit to come back in stock so i will just use my turtle ice and collonite for now.
this is gonna take all day to clean but boy it will be worth it.
My car now needs a damn good clean after yesterday's run to wales and back was good fun though
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you have fun mate? any pics?
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This
That

They'd better not move south into Wolves!
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